Name: the storm by Doug Simpson
Duration: 8 min 26 s
Description: epic gunfighter tune! Listen to the story...

This next track released for my collection, "Dragon's Droppings," is my tribute to the exotic sounds of the Middle East. Imagine the stories of Scheherazade and the 1001 Nights with the adventures of Aladdin, Ali Baba, and Sinbad. Thanks to my friend Phil for the wonderfully mysterious guitar solo.
T. W. Tobin: drum kit; instrument programming (percussion, fretless bass, Eastern instruments, orchestral instruments); mix and master
Phil Rossner: electric 'e-bow' guitar
Music by T. W. Tobin. ©2023 T. W. Tobin

Dragon's Droppings

A Swirl Of Smoke, A Splash Of Blood

This is the sixth track released for the collection "Dragon's Droppings". This one celebrates the excitement and energy we all experience with the arrival of spring. Lyrics are below. Thanks to my friend Doug once again for his amazing vocals.
Doug Simpson - lead vocal
T. W. Tobin - backing vocals, drums, keys (harpsichord, calliope, piano), instrument programming (double bass, flute, orchestral strings, horns, and winds), engineering, mastering
Words and music by T. W. Tobin Ⓒ2024 T. W. Tobin

SUN'S UP

Sun’s up and everybody’s walkin’
Sun’s up and everybody’s talkin’ 
Head out, ‘cause springtime’s all around

Sun’s up and everybody’s hoppin’
Sun’s up and everybody’s shoppin’
So good to get out on the town

[chorus]
Everybody’s jauntin’
Everybody’s flauntin’
Everybody’s wantin’ … to ride
To see what’s outside
To see what’s gone by
It’s just sad old winter
There’s no need to cry

Sun’s up and all the buds are bloomin’
Sun’s up and birds and bees are zoomin’
So nice to see it all green again

Sun’s up and all the cars are cruisin’
Sun’s up, it’s time you stopped your snoozin’
Get up, get goin’ down the lane

Sun’s up s’what all the kids are sayin’
Sun’s up and all the kids are playin’
Time to take in that new spring air

Sun’s up and all the gloom’s behind us
Sun’s up, it’s come back to remind us
Time to forget about all your cares.

Sun's Up

A new single from Canadian west coast indie hard rock band Metal Cowboys.
Doug Simpson - vocals
Pete Nielsen - guitars
Jason Deatherage - bass, drums
Produced, mixed, and mastered by T. W. Tobin. 
Music by P. Nielsen, words by D. Simpson
Ⓒ2024 P.Nielsen, D. Simpson

Rider

Another epic rocker from Doug Simpson - this one is a tribute to the classic TV series Battlestar Galactica.
Doug Simpson - all vocals
Pete Nielsen - all guitars
Jason Deatherage - bass, drums
T. W. Tobin - keys, programming
Produced and engineered by T. W. Tobin
©2025 D. Simpson
Image license attribution: Some rights reserved by ckroberts61

Evil Machines

Another great original song by Doug Simpson. This one's filled with heartfelt nostalgia.
Doug Simpson - lead and backing vocals, synth, tambourine
Pete Nielsen - all guitars, bass
Jason Deatherage - drums
T. W. Tobin - synth programming
©2024 D. Simpson   Produced by T. W. Tobin

Good Old Days

A magical, rockin' song written by Phil Rossner, performed by a group of our talented friends.
Doug Simpson - lead and backing vocals
Pete Nielsen - rhythm and lead guitars
Jason Deatherage - bass and drums
T. W. Tobin - organ, instrument programming
Ⓒ2025 Phil N. Rossner.  Words and music by PNR. Produced and engineered by TWT.  Image: PNR.

Come Back To Me

The eighth song completed for my album "Dragon's Droppings". This one is a strangely optimistic little tune about death and dying. See below for lyrics.
T. W. Tobin - all vocals, drums, keys, instrument programming, mix, mastering.
©2025 T. W. Tobin Music and words by TWT. Album art by TWT.

DISINTEGRATING MAN
©2025 T. W. Tobin

Shuffle up my dying deck and deal out all my cards
Sell off all my rusting parts to the cosmic junkyard
Break me down and rake me down into this mother earth
Let the microbes do their dirty work to weed out any worth

But before all I was is gone and escapes this mortal coil
Before my bones disintegrate and my fibres turn to soil
Before my dust departs this sphere and starts to transit space
I only want to know one thing before my crumbs vacate this place

[chorus]
Where will my soul go? Will I retrace history’s road?
Will Confucius share his truths and Hammurabi quote his code?
Where will my soul go, as I rot to smithereens?
Will I argue with Aristotle and drink coffee with James Dean?

Dissolve me and devolve me, disassemble every bit
Ship my particles on ether trails after every atom splits
Send my segments into orbits 'round the endless galaxies
Fling my fragments into motion 'round a billion star axes

But before my molecules dismember and my dentistry decays
Before my last good suit dishevels and my fashion fades away
Before my wiry framework withers and wanders ‘cross the universe
I only want to know one thing before my flecks and specks disperse

[chorus]
Where will my soul go? Will I still have more to say?
Will I share a joke with Wilde and a drink with Hemingway?
Where will my soul go when my giblets turn to jam?
Will I doodle with Lautrec or riff a rhyme with old Khayyam?

Where will my soul go, will I join with a giant’s voice?
Will I recount heroes with Homer, jaw for hours with James Joyce?
Where will my soul go? Are there revelations to receive?
Will I get “I told you so” from H.G. Wells and even from Nietzsche?

[outro]
Where will it go?
Is that you Frank? … Allan? … Bonzo? … Gustav?
Where will it go?
Odyssée

Disintegrating Man

This is a fun new track for my album ‘Dragon’s Droppings’. It's a very different kind of breakup song, with a Cuban salsa flavour. Written in collaboration with my friend and guitarist Grant Lucas. Thanks again to our other friends for contributing their exceptional talents to this one. See below for lyrics.

Dave Preston - lead and harmony vocals
Grant Lucas - guitars
Marco Meniconi - bass
T. W. Tobin - drums, percussion, piano, organ, strings, and horns and Spanish spoken word programming

Produced, mixed, and mastered by TWT.  ©2025 T. W. Tobin & Grant Lucas

YOUR RESIDUE
Music by G. Lucas & T. W. Tobin. Lyrics by T. W. Tobin.

It all started sliding the day you slithered in
With a girl like you, a guy just can’t win
I had to end the misery, settle up the score
But can’t rid my life of you after booting you out the door
	
Your residue. Had to scrub out all the closets
Your residue. Had to wipe off all the faucets
Your residue. Had to cleanse the Cuisinart
Your residue. Had to Hoover out my heart

Thought you were a soul mate, someone I could trust
Got a two-faced tart with a caustic crust
Sucked in by a siren singing out of tune
To see your ass leaving couldn’t come too soon

Your residue. Had to sanitize the sofa
Your residue. Held last rites for your Loofah
Your residue. Had to pour out all your beers
Your residue. Had to mop up all my tears


[Interlude - Spanish spoken word]

Thought that finding you was too good to be true
But that turned to terror as you twisted in the screw
With love down the toilet I finally broke free
Tried to flush your face, but the dregs of you are still with me

Your residue. I used a microscope to find
Your residue. Every speck you’d left behind 
Your residue. Had to fumigate the bed
Your residue. Contaminates my head

Your residue. The sticky spills of latte
Your residue. The hairy hills of pâté 
Your residue. Greasy globs of makeup
Your residue. Sad remnants of this breakup

Had to scour around the sink while I mixed another drink
Took a full-on bug spray blitz to give your nasty bits a spritz.

Your Residue

epic gunfighter tune! Listen to the story...

the storm

From debut CD 'The Experiment Is Out Of Control', by west coast Canadian independent band Mold Colony.   
Ben Denslow – lead and b.vocals 
kel – guitars, keyboards, b. vocals 
Pete Nielsen – bass, guitars, b. vocals 
T. W. Tobin – drums, percussion, keyboards, jaw harp, b. vocals, production/engineering
©2007 Holmquist, Tobin, Denslow, Nielsen except middle section excerpt from 'Yakety Sax' ©James Rich, Boots Randolph.

Organic, Baby

Fine Spirits' take on the rockin' version of this classic by Tina Turner. Dave Preston: lead vocal, guitar. Lesley Preston: bass, b.vocal. Dan Galano: lead and rhythm guitars. Kevin Kotorynski: piano, b.vocal. T. W. Tobin: drums. Produced and engineered by T. W. Tobin.

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the storm

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